Karnataka wins gold and silver in Men’s high jump, leads the points table

Mangaluru: The third day of the Federation Cup event saw seven finals, in which Karnataka athletes continued thier medal winning streak. Harshith S won gold in men’s high jump with 2.13m and Supreeth Raj won silver with 2.09m.

P Balakrishna who represented Karnataka won silver in Men’s pole vault with 4.80 m and Joyline M Lobo from Karnataka silver in Women’s triple jump with 12.62 m.

However none of the athletes qualified for the Asian Athletics Championship to be held in China.

At the end of the third day, Karnataka had secured 9 medals in all. Karnataka is leading with 84.5 points, while Army stands second 68.5 and and Kerala third with 60 points.

Results of the 3rd day

Women’s 3000 m steeplechase

Pariti Lamba – Haryana – 10:48:86
Nandini Gupta – Uttar Pradesh – 10:58:76
S Padmavathy – Tamil Nadu – 11:30:50

Men’s 3000 m steeplechase

Jaiveer Singh – Army – 8:48:56
Naveen Kumar – Army – 8:49:38
Sachin Bajirao – Maharashtra – 8:58:13

Women’s triple jump

Sheena N V – Kerala – 12.92 m
Joyline M Lobo – Karnataka – 12.62 m
Shilpa Chacko – Kerala – 12.45 m

men’s hammer throw

Niraj Kumar -64.53 m
M Shankar of Tamil Nadu -(56.83 m)
Abhishek Yadav of Uttarakhand- (49.81 m)

Women’s hammer throw

Ritu Dhiman UP – 58.30M
Sarabjeet Kaur Punjab-55.10m
Sarita Singh Odisha-54.97m

Men’s 20 km walk

Maniram Patel – Gujarat – 1:29:51
Kuldeep – Tata motors- 1:31:04
Ankit Kumar Indian Navy -1:31:13

Men’s pole vault

J Preeth – Tamil Nadu – 4.90 m
P Balakrishna – Karnataka – 4.80 m
Krishna Prasath – Tata Motors – 4.80 m

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